Great strategies to Empower the Data Driven Enterprise – at Discover London and everywhere

Ever heard of a middleman? It’s probably the least well known, but most important position in a restaurant kitchen, since this is the person who ensures that all the food your table orders comes at the same time, perfectly cooked and at the right temperature. No mean task given that entrees take from maybe 5 to 20 minutes, while sides like French fries take only three or so. The middleman has to take all the orders, tell which cook (broil, fry, etc.) when to start which part of the meal, plate it all up and then tell the waitress it’s ready for pick-up.

If you consider that thirty, forty or more tables may be ordering at about the same time, you can understand the challenge. A lot of data coming in to one person all at once. For an experienced middleman, the data gets translated into immediate action that delivers results. For those less experienced or less skilled, the combination of massive data and pressure leads to confusion or paralysis … and late, cold dinners

The same thing is happening to today’s businesses – but on a much, much larger scale. Businesses are dealing with massive amounts of data with over 2.5 quintillion bytes of information generated worldwide every day. Also, in contrast to the usual transactional data the business has been using, perhaps 90 percent of the data available today is unstructured, making meaningful access much more difficult. In fact, the processing and analysis needed to extract value can double or triple the size of the original data set.

All of this has made Big Data and analytics a really hot area and one of the 4 Transformation Areas defined by Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) that enterprises must undertake if they are to transition effectively to the New Style of Business. It’s called “Empower the Data Driven Enterprise.”

Solutions that get you out of the weeds If you will be attending Hewlett Packard Enterprise Discover 2015 London, you’ll be able to get an in-person look at what HPE Strategic Alliance partners can offer you in this important transformation area.

Hortonworks will offer a session that will present some key design considerations for building your modern data architecture, with a little help from Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Hortonworks. See how organizations are developing new analytic applications, many of which are being deployed with Apache Hadoop running on Hewlett Packard Enterprise hardware. Session BB6395

Accenture’s session will focus on SAP Transformation, which harnesses the power of the current generation of SAP® solutions. During this session, you will hear insights from Accenture’s SAP transformation journey. You will learn how to leverage SAP HANA® and SAP S/4HANA innovations to improve system agility, speed, compliance and cost-effectiveness. Session BB6415

There will be a session on HPE ConvergedSystem 300 for Microsoft Analytics Platform that allows organizations of all sizes to conveniently and cost-effectively implement Big Data, with the confidence that comes with a solution delivered by two market leaders, HPE and Microsoft. Session 7004

Six sessions will focus on SAP solutions

“Unleash business agility with the HPE ConvergedSystem for SAP HANA® portfolio” shows how this purpose-built and optimized solution offers proven performance and unmatched business continuity features to ensure the highest service levels. Session 7056

“Transform to the digital enterprise with SAP S/4HANA” shows how you will succeed more quickly and with less risk when you build the right business case for implementing your SAP S/4HANA transformation journey in partnership with Hewlett Packard Enterprise, SAP Services and SAP Professional Services. Session 6834

By attending “SAP S/4HANA; what it is, and how it can add value to your business,” you will learn how SAP S/4HANA can help you create greater business and IT value by delivering a simplified architecture and data model, instant insight on any data, on-premise and cloud editions. Session BB6412

“Re-think your business; modernize your SAP core or move to S/4HANA with Hewlett Packard Enterprise” will show HPE’s strong portfolio of deployment options, migration, consulting and support services can help make your move to SAP. Session T6782

“Realizing the data-driven enterprise with SAP S/4HANA on HPE Helion and Hadoop-as-a-Service.” Learn about the HPE Helion Big Data Hybrid Cloud solution for SAP S/4HANA, which leverages Hadoop as a Service. Session DF6555

"Meet the expert; tips from a Hewlett Packard Enterprise expert on SAP HANA” will offer real-life examples from an expert to explain the dos and don'ts of SAP HANA implementation and review the best practices for achieving the desired results. Session DF6864

No British cooking for you?If you won’t be attending HPE Discover 2015 London in person, you can still can get complete information on all of the solutions available to help you Empower the Data Driven Enterprise. You can learn more about the 4 Transformation Areas on the new Hewlett Packard Enterprise home page. Click on “Solutions.” You can also find out about the solutions our Strategic Alliance partners offer for this and all Transformation areas: